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Absurd feature shows how impossibly ridiculous this Samsung phone is

The 5.7-inch Galaxy Note 3 is so stupidly huge that nobody can use it comfortably. However, to accommodate all the idiots who think that a bigger phone is better no matter how ridiculous it is, Samsung decided to include a normal-size phone mode that leaves the rest of the screen blank. I wonder how many…

Sploid Jesus Diaz

What homesexuals can teach heterosexuals about sex

Playboy Safe for Work has a two-part interview with Dr. William Masters and Virginia Johnson—who helped spark the sexual revolution—”about their research and what homosexuals can teach heterosexuals about sex.” It’s from 1979, but it’s still a fascinating read.

Sploid Jesus Diaz

The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Movies With Incredibly Tiny Casts

This coming weekend, Gravity tells an epic story with just Sandra Bullock and George Clooney. And it joins a long tradition of movies that rock, with just a few actors. And maybe a monkey. Here are the absolute best films featuring tiny casts, that bring enough talent for a small army. Moon (2009) Kevin Spacey…

io9 Meredith Woerner

8 Insane Revelations From the Alleged Silk Road Kingpin’s Indictment

Just a few hours ago, it came to light that the feds had shut down Silk Road, the internet drug bazaar, and indicted Ross Ulbricht (aka Dread Pirate Roberts), its alleged founder. The complaint is full of money, murder, and madness. Here are the most insane bits: Trouble in the Silk Road empire led Ross…

Tech News Bob Sorokanich

Why is there so little scientific research about porn?

People sure worry a lot about porn. Are we watching too much? Is it creatingsex-addicts? What would a Game of Thrones porn parody even look like? But for all the hand-wringing and proselytizing and pontificating that goes on, the fact remains that there is VERY little scientific research on porn and its effects. Why is…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

The Galaxy Note 3 Has a Hidden Tiny Screen Mode For Your Tiny Hands

If, like many of us, your hands are too small to to comfortably use the Galaxy Note 3’s giant 5.7-inch display, you’re in luck. Android Central has uncovered a hidden tiny screen mode for your tiny baby dwarf hands. It may look a little silly, but tiny screen mode is actually pretty darn useful. To…

Tech News Leslie Horn

A Starry Mural That Hums When You Touch It

“Do Not Touch” is a bummer of a directive to give to curious kids. So when designer Scott Garner was selected for a Tough Art residency at the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, he opted to create something that encouraged engagement with the piece itself, as well as with the people surrounding it. Garner describes his…

Tech News Jordan Kushins

Edgar Wright gets to work on Ant-Man, tweets a look at the suit

Looks like Edgar Wright’s Ant-Man is finally getting started! The director tweeted the above picture from the set, along with a peek at the new Ant-Man suit, which looks a bit upgraded from the one in that test footage shown at Comic-Con. Now the next question is: Who’s in the suit? Okay, the answer to…

io9 Rob Bricken

Will we be living in city-states in the near future?

As we shift away from fossil fuels, there will be a few cultural changes that you might not expect. For one thing, political and economic power will become focused in cities rather than regions or states. That’s what energy expert Joe Browder says in an intriguing essay. Image by Jake Murray Browder, who consults with…

io9 Annalee Newitz

You Can Now Manage Diabetes With a Wearable, Artificial Pancreas

We’ve been relying on artificial insulin injections for diabetes management for over 30 years now—which is practically ancient in modern medicine terms. But now, the FDA (presumably pre-shutdown) has approved an artificial, wearable pancreas that may finally kick all those painful insulin injections to the curb. Made by Minneapolis-based medical device company Medtronic, the palm-sized…

Health Ashley Feinberg

No, Extreme Human Longevity Won’t Destroy the Planet

It’s only a matter of time before humanity solves the aging problem. And resistance to radical life extension has already begun, driven by fears of overpopulation and the exhaustion of our planet’s resources. Here’s why the critics are wrong. Top image: “Chi-Town” by Stefan Morell. Make no mistake, it’ll take us a long, long time…

io9 George Dvorsky

This massive repository of space porn will devour your afternoon

NASA’s Chandra X-ray observatory is famous for retrieving some truly remarkable images of the Universe. Now, the observatory has launched an interactive, all-sky visualization that puts 14 years’ worth of imagery of the cosmos right at your fingertips. Above: “RCW 86: All Eyes on Oldest Recorded Supernova,” released October 26, 2011 You’ll need to head…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Feds Seize Silk Road, Everybody’s Favorite Illegal Drug Website

Once upon a time, you could sign on to Silk Road and buy everything from LSD to Moon Rock molly with Bitcoin. That time is now over because the FBI along with a few other federal agencies have seized the domain and shutdown the drug-dealing site. The only question is, what took them so long?…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

A Projector Camera That Adds Wacky Animations Can’t Just Be for Kids

Photography is a lovely hobby for adults who’ve developed the requisite patience to wait for the perfect shot. But for kids? Not so much. They demand more instant gratification, so Hasbro has created the Showcam, a digital camera targeted at kids that lets them add effects and hilarious animations to photos, and even project them…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Incredible examples of ancient writing found in lost city in Iraq

Often when archaeologists find a lost city or civilization, they have to puzzle out what life was like there based on buildings and objects like pots and weapons. But the researchers who recently excavated the kingdom of Idu, which is over 5,000 years old, got lucky. They found some written records. Like many ancient cities…

io9 Annalee Newitz

This Massive Cargo Ship Will Harness the Wind With Its Hull

It doesn’t matter how efficient we make their engines or how many solar panels we install on their decks, the world’s largest cargo ships—those water-bound leviathans on which international trade depends—will require massive amounts of fuel for the foreseeable future. However, this conceptual super-carrier could potentially save billions of barrels of petrol every year just…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

What Moving an Entire Town Was Supposed to Look Like In the Future

Back in 1900, the German chocolate company Hildebrands included with their chocolates some promotional postcards with illustrations of what the year 2000 might look like. The cards featured personal flying machines, moving sidewalks, and even machines that would help move entire city blocks. Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan has the fascinating story of six towns that were more…

Tech News Matt Novak

These face blends of the classic and new Star Trek crews are amazing

Reddit user ThatNordicGuy blended the faces of the Star Trek casts from the original series and the new movies to create the ultimate Enterprise crew, and the results are mindblowingly awesome. I ask — nay, demand — that these hybrids be genetically cloned and cast in all future Star Trek endeavors. Here’s the rest of…

io9 Rob Bricken

NYT: The NSA Tested Out a Plan To Collect Tons of Phone Location Data

According to a report by the New York Times, the NSA tested a system to collect location data from American cellphones in bulk back in 2010 and 2011, before ultimately tabling any plans to roll it out. For now, anyway. Information about the project was declassified by Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper, but…

Tech News Eric Limer

How a Porsche, a Meteorite, and $4 Million in Gold Ended Up In a Museum

It’s not uncommon to see $4 million worth of art in a museum. It’s less common to see $4 million worth of solid gold bricks in a museum. It’s called Tower of Power, and it will require a 24/7 security guard as long as it remains at the New Museum as part of a retrospective…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

Absurd feature shows how impossibly ridiculous this Samsung phone is

What homesexuals can teach heterosexuals about sex

The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Movies With Incredibly Tiny Casts

8 Insane Revelations From the Alleged Silk Road Kingpin’s Indictment

Why is there so little scientific research about porn?

The Galaxy Note 3 Has a Hidden Tiny Screen Mode For Your Tiny Hands

A Starry Mural That Hums When You Touch It

Edgar Wright gets to work on Ant-Man, tweets a look at the suit

Will we be living in city-states in the near future?

You Can Now Manage Diabetes With a Wearable, Artificial Pancreas

No, Extreme Human Longevity Won’t Destroy the Planet

This massive repository of space porn will devour your afternoon

Feds Seize Silk Road, Everybody’s Favorite Illegal Drug Website

A Projector Camera That Adds Wacky Animations Can’t Just Be for Kids

Incredible examples of ancient writing found in lost city in Iraq

This Massive Cargo Ship Will Harness the Wind With Its Hull

What Moving an Entire Town Was Supposed to Look Like In the Future

These face blends of the classic and new Star Trek crews are amazing

NYT: The NSA Tested Out a Plan To Collect Tons of Phone Location Data

How a Porsche, a Meteorite, and $4 Million in Gold Ended Up In a Museum

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